Socially,
culturally, economically, spiritually, and in so many ways, our neighborhoods
tell the American story of family, faith, and freedom. The motto E pluribus unum, or ``Out of many, one,'' is an appropriate
description of our myriad neighborhoods and their residents. We all love and
cherish this blessed land of liberty; therefore, let us join together as
partners and neighbors to enrich it, each other, and every one of our
neighborhoods with all of the strengths our many heritages provide us. That is
something for us to reflect upon, and observance of National NHS-Neighbor-
Works Week presents a fine opportunity for reflection and action in our
communities.

Both
reflection and action are already taking place around our land in neighborhoods
where residents, business owners, concerned citizens, community groups, and
government agencies are turning decay and despair into promise and prosperity.
They are using some of the most powerful sources of America's greatness -- our
volunteer spirit, our spiritual strength, the love and caring of our families,
our hard work and determination, our civic energy -- to create opportunities
and bring renewed inspiration and hope.

Among
them are the groups from which this week of observance takes its name. NeighborWorks is a national organization composed of
Neighborhood Housing Services (NHS), Apartment Improvement Programs, and Mutual
Housing Associations, cooperative ventures that are
resident-business-government partnerships relying primarily on volunteer effort
and private and local resources. They are revitalizing more than 200
neighborhoods and have generated more than $4 billion in reinvestment funds.
These efforts are clearly a major contribution to our Nation and deserve our
gratitude, encouragement, cooperation, and emulation during National NHS-NeighborWorks Week and in the future as well.

The
Congress, by Public Law 100 - 261, has designated the week of June 5 through
June 11, 1988, as ``National NHS-NeighborWorks Week''
and authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation in
observance of this week.

Now,
Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim the week of June 5 through June
11, 1988,
as National NHS-NeighborWorks Week. I call upon the
people of the United States to observe this week
with appropriate ceremonies and activities.

In
Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fifth day of May, in
the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of
America the two hundred and twelfth.

Ronald
Reagan

[Filed with the Office
of the Federal Register, 11:10 a.m., May 26, 1988]

Note: The proclamation
was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on May 26.